Combined collar-button and necktie-fastener.



1. c. SPELLING. COMBiNED COLLAR BUTTON-AND NECKTIE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-12. I915.

Patented Apr. 11,1916.

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COMBINED COLLAR-BUTTON AND NECKTIE-FASTENEB.

Specification-of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

Application filed October 12, 1915.. Serial No; 55,389. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS CARL Srnn LING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Collar-Buttons and Necktie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combinations of collar buttons and necktie fasteners. Its purpose is the provision of means for directly uniting the necktie and button so firmly and correctly that the employment of a neckband for holding the necktie in proper place is dispensed with.

The details and arrangementof parts will be readily understood from an inspection of said drawings in connection with the specific descriptions of the same now to be given, to wit: r

Figure 1 represents in detachment the parts to be united to form a collar button. Fig. 2 represents the same parts united, the head of the button being shown in itshorizontal position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the plate attachment for the necktie, an extension thereof the office of which will be hereinafter described also appearing. Fig. 4: is a side view of the button and plate in engagement, the necktie to be used in connection therewith not being here shown. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through the end of the stem and winging leaf of the button.

The button comprises the shield 1, the shank 2 and the head 3. At the end of the shank farthest from the shield is quadrangular space 4. within which axle 5 of the head has movement. Its introduction into {The'part designated by 7 of thin plate, having threadholes 8, the openand ofthe tie known as the tech and also modified or alternative forms of construction.

' and movement in .said space is rendered feasible by slitting the shank along the dotted line, 6 and rounding the corners of the axle. The axle is inserted by lifting the thinner of the portions into which the shank is divided by such slitting, after which its action is regulated, as will be readily understood, by manipulation of the free side oredge of the button head and the resilient yielding of the part of the shank above it. The slot to be constructed through the shank, and whose internal'construction is shown in sectional parts of Figure 5, is

portion or extension of the plate, presently to be further noticed, frictionally. To that end the walls of the slot areslightly curved.

This is only one of many possible means of attaching the extension to the button, and I do not limit myself herein. to any particular detail of attachment.

Fig. 3 is a constructed with a view to its holding the I ing 9, and extension 10. For the effective ac- ,complishment'of its purposes, the preferable material for it would be Well; tempered highly flexible steel. The same is also true of theshank of the button. Theextension is of suitable size, shape and mate.-

rial to "fit into the aforesaid irregular slot in the shank. Near the extreme free end, the extension or prong is slightly bent from an oblique to-a vertical directiong the purpose of which is to facilitate its insertion in the slot. The part designated as a plate consists entirely of the square ex terior'form 11, much of its interior ybeing cut, away to provide for the intrusion of the head of the; collar button and the part of the shank connected with the latter.

The shield'has vthe same general form as the correspondingportion of collar buttons already inuse andthe shank ismerely an extension from the middle portion thereof. The latter will conform in width to the average button hole made in shirt collars and superficial collars, and be relatively thin. Such form is given rather than the usual round form to prevent its revolving and dislocating the necktie and its adjuncts upon interference. The button head is a small thin body whose circular form is modified as seen in Fig. 1.

In use, the completed button is inserted through the button hole, the head being for this purpose held horizontally; and by means of pressure upon it, the button head is then turned on its axis until its lower edge rests on or near the surface of the collar. When the button has been thus inserted and the button head turned down, the allied parts are in position for placing thereon the necktie, by means of placing in proper position the aforesaid metallic adjuncts of the latter.

It is observable in Fig.2 that, normally, the plate-piece acutely bends at its base but not so acutely as to prevent the end of the extension being given an oblique direction to bring its free end almost in contact with the upper rim of the tie plate. The purpose of this construction is to produce a mutually resilient grip on the portion of the shank to which the head of the button is attached upon the extension being inserted behind the button head. So that with the end of the shank of the button so gripped, with the button'head thus wedged into the said'circular's'pace against the fabric of the necktie, the end of the shank fitting into the rectangular space 12, and the frictional detention of the endof the extension in the slot, steadiness and immobility of the necktie are secured.

The facility for disengagement may be readily understood by reference to the form, coact-ion and tensive effect of the parts when the completed device is in place and in use. Any force which frees the extension from the efiect of such gripping force, has an effeet to release the end of it from the slot, so that it is easily drawn out. Therefore, in order to effect disengagement, it is only necessary, the buttonlremaining, or being held, stationary, to gently press the necktie obliquely backward and downward; or, the necktie remaining, or being held, stationary, to gently press the shield of the button obliquely forward and downward, 'or to com- .bine the two pressures. Disengagement thus occurs almost automatically. Such action having removed the necktie the button remains to perform the usual oiiice or function of collar buttons.

It is. worthy :of note that the parts :constituting the mechanism herein described may be, and in the case of thebow or bat tie must be, small and slender, and the sizes of the parts-as shownin the drawings are somewhat exaggerated.

The embodiment above described is pre ferred only because of its superior simplicity in operation, notwithstanding that it is somewhat elaborate in construction.

While I have herein set forth a special embodiment of the invention it is with the realization,as will also appear to persons skilled in the art to which it appertains,- that it is capable of embodiment in other forms and devices, as may be in accordance with the claims appended hereto.

1'. claim:

1. Inan article of the class described, a. relatively flat shank, said shank having a reduced end, said shank being grooved transversely across one face thereof, a button hingedly secured to said shank, said button having a non-circular bar formed thereon, a spring carried by said shank friction- .ally engaging the bar of said button, said button being hingedly secured in the transverse groove of said shank, said shank having a curved slot formed therein parallel to the transverse groove, a tie plate having an opening formed therein to receive the end of said shank and button, and a spring formed on said tie plate to engage in said curved slot.

2. In an article of the class described, a relatively flat shank, said shank having the end thereof of reduced width, said shank being grooved transversely across the end thereof, a spring carried by said shank, said spring overlying said groove, said shank also having aslot formed therein parallel to said groove, said slot being curved in cross section, a button carried by said shank. said button having a flat side, said button having an elongated slot formed therein to form a non-circular bar along the flat side, the slot in said button being as long as the reduced end of said shank, said bar resting in said rgroove, a tie plate adapted to be carried by said shank, said tie plate having an irregularly shaped opening therein to conform with the end of said shank and button, and a spring formed on said tie plate to engage in said curved slot.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York this 8th .day of October, A. D. 1915.

THOMAS C. SPELLING.

Witnesses:

JAMES ROSTHAL, MOLLIE QUALINETZ.

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